The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31

1OOllSnlN, Ill splUe Oh UHe warming Vi ItllOW-
laborers, struck 1t with his crow-bar. His
curiosity as to what would be the result was
instantly satisfied, and Patrick found him
self minus a portion of his nose and pretty
good-sized piece of his upper lip. He was
brought at once to Montpelier and in the
Drs. Chandler's Office his wounds were
dressed. The evil that torpedo did will live
long after it, With Patrick's loss, however,
is the gain of experience, which, though in
his case dear teacher, will be likely to
prove an efficient one.
WHILE Eden Brown, whose parents re-
side in Worcester, and Fred L. Gray and
Henry e. Coffrin of Montpelier, painters,
were at work on the front Of Goddard Sem
mary building at Barre last Wednesday,
Just before noon one of the ropes support
ing the staging gave way and Brown and
Coffrin fell to the ground, distance of
forty-eight feet. Coffrin seized a rope in
his fall, and was thereby enabled to
break to a certain extent, the rapidity of
the fearful descent. The passage OF the
rope through his hands, however, lacerated
them badly, and the force of the fall was
sufficient to break one ankle and bruse him
otherwise. Brown, who was on the mid
die of the ladder, struck nearly upon the
end of his spine and received internal in
juries from which he died at half-past three
o'clock the same afternoon. Gray man
aged to hang in some way by the ropes at
his end of the staging and was rescued
through a window near the roof without in
jury. Coffrin was brought to Montpelier
on a stretcher Thursday evening and is in
good care. Brown was twenty-five years
old and unmarried.
THE twenty-frst national encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held
at st. Louis on the 9th, 2Sth, 29th and 30th
days of September, promises TO be the great
est meeting of army veterans that has been
held since the close of the war. The Central
Vermont will furnish tickets at S22 from all
principal points on its lines, including Ben
nington and Brattleboro, via Montreal and
Detroit, thence by Wabash line to st. Louis,
returning by same route; also for S22, going
by Norwood, Niagara and Detroit, thence via
Wabash line to St Louis, and returning by
same route; also by either route to Detroit
thence via Chicago, at S24, returning by
same route taken. The headquarters of the
department of Vermont has been established
at Hurst's Hotel, one block from Planters
Hotel, which place all comrades from
this department are invited to visit at all
times during the encampment. Rooms and
board can be secured at this hotel on appli-
cation through the headquarters, or direct
to Lloyd G.. Harris, chairman of hotel COM
mittee, st. Louis, if made at an early day.
All persons intending to visit St. Louis at
the time of the encampment will procure all
information desired by corresponding with
\. p. Lowering, general ticket agent, Lyn-
donville, VT, S. w. Cummings general
ticket agent, st. Albans, VT, or Pearl d..
Blodgett, department commander.
In the early part of last week Mrs. Mich
ael (Bridget) Butler, who lives in the base
ment of Robert Whalens house on Baldwin
street, went to the dry-goods store of L. p.
Gleason & Co. and obtained nine white
skirts, stating that they were for Mrs. f, A.
Bishop, wife of the principal of the Ver-
mont Methodist Seminary. AT the store of
ID. w. Temple & Co., under the same pre-
tense, she secured two jerseys. The follow
ing day she returned one of the latter and
took dress and trimmings " for Mrs.
Bishop" Then she went to Howe &
Wheatley's and did likewise. Mr. Howe,
upon learning of the fact, however, sus-
pected crookedness and called in Mr..
Bishop, who denied that his wife had or
dered or received the goods in question.
Howe Il Wheatley entered complaint
against the woman for obtaining goods un-
der false pretenses, and upon arresting her
all the articles were recovered. Monday,
in justice court, she pleaded guilty and was
fined SO and costs, with term in the
wOrkhOuse as alternative. The fine was
paid by her husband Mrs. Butler was
formerly employed as a servant at the Ner-
mont Methodist Seminary, and her dis
missal was due to a theft of $50 from stu
dent. The money was returned and no ac-
ton was brought against her. This was
more than year ago At Howe & Wheat
ley'S she disclosed a surprising amount of
what proved to be accurate information con-
corning the present movements and affairs
of Professor Bishops family, and this of
course served in some measure to allay any
suspicion as to her honesty of purpose at
the time. 1t is well that she was brought
offence.
too common occurrence.
THE visit to Montpelier of Colonel S. f.
Bates, superintendent of the free-delivery
system, resulted, as was anticipated, in
some changes with reference to the opera
ton of the system in Montpelier which will
prove of advantage. Colonel Bates rode
over the route of each carrier and had to
admit that the distance was too great to be
covered so many times day by two men,
lie insisted that there must be a seven
o'clock morning delivery through the bust
ness portion of the village, and in response
to the suggestion that this could easily be
brought about if another carrier were ap-
pointed said that would be unadvsable for
the present, at least, since bad precedent
would thus be established He said, how
ever, that the office would be allowe horse
hire for one carrier and that upon horse
back one carrier could make the entire
morning collection alone thus leaving the
other free to make business delivery the
first thing in the morning. He said that a
substitute might be appointed for three
months to aid the carriers in any way adj
visable until they become thoroughly fa-
miliar with their routes and duties. The
carriers were forbidden to go upstairs to
deliver mail in tenement-houseS or else
where, and unless mai-boXes are conven-
iently placed on the ground floor by
parties hitherto requiring their mail so de-
livered such persons will hereafter be
obliged to go to the post-offce for their
mail. Boxes can be provided complete for
Sl.5O, a less rate than many pay per year for
boX-rental at the post-office. AS carriers
are forbidden to leave mail when the usual
occupants of a store or dwelling are not in
such boxes at every place visited by the
carriers would greatly facilitate their work
and insure the prompt receipt of mail mat
ter at all times. They should be generally
adopted. Letters for mailing should be
placed in the street boxes or the " drop" at
the post-office, as the carriers are not re-
quired to take them from individuals when
making collections, and are not even priv
ileged to do so when such a proceeding will
delay them an instant or when it is so gem
orally INDUCED in as to prove an abuse of
their rights. The only sure way to get
mail to the post-ofiice is that suggested
above In view of the provisions made by
Colonel Bates, an early morning delivery of
mail through the business district may be
expected in the near future.
WE are panied to learn that our friend,
Hon. E. j. Hartshorn of EmmettsburG, Iowa,
has again been visited with severe afiliction